U.S. Department of Agriculture

Next October, states will take on 75% of the price tag of processing benefits and figuring out eligibility. The federal government and states previously split those administrative costs 50-50.

The plan, released last week by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, would eliminate the Forest Service’s nine regional offices over the next year, including offices in Montana, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. Retirees from the agency said they were "extremely concerned."

It would be called the U.S. Wildland Fire Service, according to budget documents from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Interior. The agency would consolidate the wildland fire programs of the USDA and Interior within the latter.

The grant program provided funding to buy food from small-scale producers and distribute it to folks in need across the state.

In the middle of February, Hannah and Ryan were abruptly fired from their federal jobs with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service.

The federal wildland firefighting force is currently split between five land management agencies – the Forest Service (under the U.S. Department of Agriculture), the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (under the Department of the Interior).

The price of groceries was a big talking point in this year’s election, and high costs of living continue to make headlines across the country. Those costs have kept the Food Bank of Wyoming busy this year.

The Wyoming Grants Management Office compiled a list of grant and low-interest loan programs for private landowners, small businesses, nonprofits and local governments to seek relief.

The Pack Trail Fire east of Jackson and the Elk Fire west of Sheridan continue to burn in part due to “extreme” drought conditions

So far this year, more than 600 fires have burned some 629,000 acres in the state. The governor says private lands used for agricultural production have been disproportionately affected.